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Title / Apply plane geometry and produce development constructions in graphic communication
Level / 1 / Credits / 4
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: select plane geometry methods for drawing; apply plane geometry construction to drawing; and produce true shape development of geometrical solids.
Classification / Design > Design - Graphic Communication
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1This unit standard may be used to award credit for the achievement of learning outcomes consistent with Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum (Learning Media Wellington, 1995).
2In the process of attaining this unit standard, evidence could be generated from more than one drawing.
3In the process of attaining this unit standard, learners are expected to use constructions for the following: bisection of lines and angles, angles (multiples of 15 degrees), tangents and regular polygons; parallel and radial line development of right prisms, pyramids and cones.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select plane geometry methods for drawing.
Evidence requirements
1.1Problems in the drawings which need geometrical constructions are identified.
1.2Geometrical construction methods identified and selected enable the problems to be solved.
Outcome 2
Apply plane geometry construction to drawing.
Evidence requirements
2.1Application of construction provides solution in accordance with drawing requirements.
Outcome 3
Produce true shape development of geometrical solids.
Rangeright prisms, pyramids and cones with inclined cutting plane.
Evidence requirements
3.1Construction of views of geometrical solids meets development requirements in terms of the identified problem.
3.2Construction of auxiliary views meets development requirements of the problem and includes stretchout lines, true length diagrams, and true shape first auxiliary views.
3.3Construction of true shape development meets design requirements in terms of accuracy, scale, and type of construction used.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 31 August 1996 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 2 / 8 October 1998 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 3 / 18 February 2002 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 4 / 15 January 2004 / 31 December 2016
Review / 5 / 20 January 2011 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 6 / 19 April 2012 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 7 / 22 August 2014 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 8 / 8 December 2016 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0226
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